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Steve Lafleur

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute

Steve Lafleur is an independent public policy analyst located in Toronto, a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute and a former Senior Policy Analyst at the Fraser Institute. He holds an M.A. in Political Science from Wilfrid Laurier University and a B.A. from Laurentian University where he studied Political Science and Economics. He was previously a Senior Policy Analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg and is a Contributing Editor to New Geography. His past work has focused primarily on housing, transportation, local government and inter-governmental fiscal relations. His current focus is on economic competitiveness of jurisdictions in the Prairie provinces.  His writing has appeared in every major national and regional Canadian newspaper and his work has been cited by many sources including the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Reason Foundation.

Recent Research by Steve Lafleur

— Feb 27, 2024
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Federal Reforms to Improve Housing Affordability

Federal Reforms to Improve Housing Affordability is the latest installment in the Institute’s essay series on federal policy reforms. This essay documents the large and growing imbalance between housing supply and demand, and highlight’s the federal government’s influence on housing markets.

— Feb 22, 2024
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Barriers to Housing Supply in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area

Barriers to Housing Supply in Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area finds that despite progress by various municipalities and the provincial government, significant impediments to homebuilding remain in Ontario.

— Jun 8, 2023
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Making Room for Growth: Housing Intensification in Canada's Cities, 2016-2021

Making Room for Growth: Housing Intensification in Canada’s Cities, 2016-2021 is a new study that finds despite a housing shortage in many cities across the country, the number of housing units in 26.4 per cent of Canada’s urban neighbourhoods—more than one-in-four—actually declined from 2016 to 2021. What’s more, half of all neighbourhoods in Canadian cities saw the number of housing units increase by less than one per cent.